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    Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist born in 1896 who developed the Sociocultural Theory of Development. He emphasized that cognitive development is shaped by social interactions and language use within cultural contexts. According to his theory, effective learning occurs through participation in social activities where more skilled individuals like parents and teachers provide scaffolding to help learners achieve tasks within their Zone of Proximal Development.

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    Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist born in 1896 who developed the Sociocultural Theory of Development. He emphasized that cognitive development is shaped by social interactions and language use within cultural contexts. According to his theory, effective learning occurs through participation in social activities where more skilled individuals like parents and teachers provide scaffolding to help learners achieve tasks within their Zone of Proximal Development.

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    Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist born in 1896 who developed the Sociocultural Theory of Development. He emphasized that cognitive development is shaped by social interactions and language use within cultural contexts. According to his theory, effective learning occurs through participation in social activities where more skilled individuals like parents and teachers provide scaffolding to help learners achieve tasks within their Zone of Proximal Development.

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     He was born in Russia on

    November 17, 1896 and


    died on June 11, 1934 at
    the age of 37.

     His work began when he


    was studying learning and
    development to improve
    his own teaching.

     He wrote on
    language, thought, psych
    ology of art, learning and
    development and
    educating students with
    special needs.
     His experience, together
    with his interest in literature
    and his work as a
    teacher, led him to
    recognize social
    interaction and language
    as two central factors in
    cognitive development.

     His theory became known


    as Socio-Cultural Theory of
    Development.
    Social Cognitive Language
    Interactions Development

    Cultural Context

    Sociocultural theory of development: emphasizes the


    crucial influence that social interactions and
    language, embedded within a cultural context, have
    on cognitive development.
     Vygotsky emphasized that effective
    learning happens through participation in
    social activities.

     Parents , teachers and other adults in the


    learner’s environment all contribute to the
    process. They explain, model, assist, give
    directions and provide feed back.

     Peers, on the other hand, cooperate and


    collaborate and enrich the learning
    experience.
    This child is learning
    to walk with the
    help of a parent.
    The parent holds
    both hands so the
    child doesn’t have
    to focus on both
    balance and Soon, this child
    moving her feet. will be able to
    walk and run by
    herself.
    What are you I’m writing a
    writing? letter

    Father’s knowledge
    of letters:
    Structure Child’s knowledge
    (date, salutation, bo of letters:
    dy, etc.) Mom and dad write
    Purpose and receive letters.
    (friendly, formal, etc.
    )
    Conventional
    spelling and
    grammar
     Language can be viewed as a verbal expression of
    culture.

     Every culture has the words it needs for its lifestyle.

     It opens the door for learners to acquire knowledge


    that others already have.

     It is use to know and understand the world and solve


    problems.

     It serves a social function but it also has an important


    individual function. It helps the learner to regulate
    and reflect on his own thinking.
    I gotta go S is like a
    down, then sssssssnake.
    up, then
    down. There.
    N.
     Zone of Actual Development refer in
    which the child may perform at a
    certain level of competency and
    she/he may not immediately proficient
    at it.

     Zone of Proximal Development refer to


    the difference between what the child
    accomplish alone and what he/she can
    accomplish with guidance of another.
    The Known: The Unknown:
    What I can do by myself Zone of Proximal Development: What I cannot do at
    What I can do with the help all
    of someone else.
    THE LEARNING SPACE
     refers to the support or assistance that lets the
    child accomplish a task he/she cannot
    accomplish independently.

     It is not about doing the task for the child while


    he/she watches.

     It is not about doing short cuts for the child.

     It should involve the judicious assistance given


    by the adult or peer so that the child can
    move from the zone of actual to the zone of
    proximal development.
    Unzipping the lunch bag, opening the food
    container and putting straw in the child’s
    juice tetra pack for her / him is NOT
    SCAFFOLDING.
     When the adult unzips the zipper an inch or
    two and then holds the lunch bag still so
    that the child can continue to unzip the
    lunch bag is SCAFFOLDING.

     Loosening the food container lid just a bit


    and letting the child open the lid himself is
    SCAFFOLDING.

     Leading the straw to the hole and letting


    the child put the straw through the tetra
    pack is SCAFFOLDING.
     Adults and peers are critical to the learning
    process through scaffolding .

     Assisted learning: providing strategic help


    in the initial stages of learning, gradually
    diminishing as students gain independence.

     Teaching in the Zone—not too hard, not too


    easy, but JUST RIGHT.

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